Achieving Your Potential as a Digital Photographer

A Multi-Modal Ongoing Six-Month Workshop with Harold Davis

Overview: A unique, structured and ongoing workshop opportunity to overcome resistance and become the best artist and photographer you can be, under the guidance of one of today’s premier working photographers and bestselling author Harold Davis.

Click here for information and online registration for the Achieving Your Potential as a Digital Photographer workshop. 

When: Beginning March 15 and 16, 2014, and ongoing thereafter (see workshop description)

What: This workshop presents a unique opportunity for mentoring by Harold Davis in the context of a supportive group environment. Each participant will conclude the workshop with a completed project such as a book, portfolio, or planned exhibition.

Harold states, “I am very fortunate to have met some extremely advanced photographers in my workshops and through my books. But many of these individuals are stuck and have not been able to move ahead. If this sounds like you, I believe I can provide you with the tools and structure to help take you to the next level.”

This workshop provides a platform for ongoing mentoring. Customized individual assignments will be given. After the initial intensive two-day in-person session, we will keep in touch with monthly private group online webinars and individual phone or email consultations. A final dinner to review work and celebrate our progress will be provided at the conclusion of the workshop.

Nautilus © Harold Davis

Who this workshop is for:  Advanced amateur and semi-pro photographers who want to take their work to the next level, either as a means to make money, or simply for personal satisfaction.

Suggested Reading and Curriculum:  A reading list and curriculum will be provided to participants in advance of the workshop. There will be a pre-workshop assignment.

Registration Process and Prerequisites:  Admission is by portfolio review only. To be considered for this workshop opportunity:

1. Please add your name to the waiting list for the Achieving Your Potential As a Digital Photographer on Meetup.
2. Next, email Harold no more than six low resolution JPEGs of your work. A link to an online portfolio can be substituted for the JPEGs. Include in your email a two or three sentence summary of what you would like to get out of the workshop. You can find Harold’s email address by clicking here.
3. If you are accepted in the workshop, we will send you an invoice for payment so you can complete enrollment. Note that payment plan in three installments is possible if that works better for you (see below, please let us know if you would like this option).
4. Questions? Please feel free to contact us, and we’ll do our best to help!

Road Less Traveled © Harold Davis

Where: The in-person sessions will be hosted in the San Francisco Bay area. The monthly online webinar meetings will be scheduled as best suits the group, with individual phone conferences scheduled at the convenience of Harold and the participant.

What is included: An initial two-day intensive in-person workshop, six monthly private online group webinars, individual telephone or email consultations with Harold, and a final celebratory dinner in a private room at a Bay area restaurant.

Cost: Tuition is $1,245.00 per person. A three installment payment plan is available ($445 on acceptance, $400 January 1, 2014, and $400 March 1, 2014). Workshop is limited to a maximum of 12 participants. The final dinner is included in the cost.

What folks have said about Harold Davis workshops and events:

•  “A great artist and speaker!”—W. Anglin
•  “Harold is genuine, generous, and gracious – He has a world of knowledge and expertise that he loves to share – his wonderful books show his monumental talents and skill set- his workshops shows the depth of his connecting with others in a very real and personal way.”—P. Borrelli
• “Awesome! He patiently addressed questions from the audience which contained photographers of all levels , molding his answers to the level of understanding for each of us. His presentations covered a wonderful range of technical knowledge as well as emphasizing the need for images to have an emotional quality. The images he shares are breathtaking and he is generous in sharing many facets of how he captures such beauty.”—J. Phillips
• “Not all photographers are good verbal communicators. Harold is someone who can DO and TEACH. A rare combination of talents.”—B. Sawyer
• “Inspiring!”
• “He was very giving of his talents and time. The course was very organized and thorough. Loved it! Learned so much! … I also wanted to let you know that I have more than paid the cost of the workshops I’ve done with you by selling some photos! I have sold three prints already.”—L. Beck
• “Very creative and a marvelous instructor.”—Kay S.

About Harold Davis:  Harold Davis is a well-known digital artist and award-winning professional photographer. He is the author of many photography books. His most recent titles are The Way of the Digital Photographer (Peachpit) and Monochromatic HDR Photography (Focal Press).

In addition to his activity as a bestselling book author, Harold is a featured columnist for Photo.net. He has been acknowledged as a Moab Master printmaker and is known as a Master Printer. His limited edition artist book Botanique was featured most recently in Fine Art Printing, the only magazine devoted exclusively to fine art photographic printmaking. Harold’s work is widely collected, licensed by art publishers, and has appeared in numerous magazines and other publications.

Harold’s technique and destination photography workshops to such diverse locations as Paris, France; Heidelberg, Germany; and the ancient Bristlecone Pines of the eastern Sierra Nevada are widely popular and usually sell out quickly.

Click here for information and online registration for the Achieving Your Potential as a Digital Photographer workshop.

More information: Botanique; Harold Davis website; Harold Davis blog; books; workshops.

I recently heard from a collector who wrote, “I’m very proud of possessing this wonderful piece of art [Botanique]. I will use it as a birthday present for my wife, and I’m sure she will love it the same as I do!”

Do you have a special someone in your life who deserves a Botanique? (And what about your birthday?!)

We have only one copy of Botanique left in the $1200.00 price tier. Please contact my studio if you are interested in this last copy on a first come, first served basis. After it is gone, Botanique will be $1950.00.

Acclaimed as “origami in a box” and said to be “destined for major museums,” Botanique is an innovative artist project that astutely blends old craft and cutting edge new technologies to create an exquisite limited edition art book and art object that is completely unique.

 Working together in their studio, legendary photographer and digital artist Harold Davis his wife, graphic designer Phyllis Davis, have combined advanced digital pigment printing with the luscious botanical art of Harold Davis. Every aspect of the project has been carefully designed and hand-crafted.

According to Popular Photography Magazine, the floral prints of Harold Davis “border on the spiritual.” Botanique contains twenty-one luscious floral prints that emerge delicately and seductively from the hand-assembled presentation box. The clam shell box measures approximately 9.25″ X 12.5″ X 1″ deep.

Pricing for the twenty-five hand-signed and numbered copies is arranged in tiers of five copies, with the initial price for the first five copies $500 (these and the copies at $750 are sold out) and ranging to over $2,000 for the final five copies in the edition.

Click here to read more about Botanique.

Botanique includes three oversize pull-outs like the Star Magnolia panorama shown on Unryu washi paper

Art & Portfolios

• I have two prints in the exhibition Timeless: The White Mountains at Photo Fine Art Photography, a gallery in Oakland, CA. If you are in the Bay area, please consider joining me for the opening reception on Saturday, September 7, 2013 from 2-4 PM (click here for more info).
  
• Phyllis and I are very excited to have a new corporate sponsor for my photography. I am not allowed to tell you more about this until it is formally announced, but we are extremely pleased and excited.
• On the book front, we are very pleased with the reception for The Way of the Digital Photographer, and excited to get an advance copy of Monchromatic HDR Photography. This is a unique and beautiful book that also provides a practical workflow for photographers seriously interested in extending the tonal range of their digital black and white. The formal publication date is in October, but you can pre-order it via Amazon.
• In the course of this autumn I will be visiting Denver to produce an online course, Carmel and Big Sur for a workshop, Paris, New York, and Japan—where I plan to spend the most time in Kyoto and walking the old Kumano kodo trail—in all case for a combination of business, photography and pleasure.

Papaver and Iridaceae © Harold Davis

• We are very pleased with the sales of my Botanique handmade artist book. It has been written up in Fine Art Printer, a leading magazine about the art and craft of fine photographic printing (click here for more info). There is only one copy left in the $1,200 price tier, after that is gone the price will be $1,900. Please contact the studio if you are interested this “luscious edition that oozes flower sensuousness” (as one collector put it). Orders are on a first come, first served basis; click here for more information about Botanique.
• Numbers 4-6 of my Monochromatic Visions portfolio are available for $1,200. Please contact the studio if you are interested; click here for more information about Monochromatic Visions.
• Advance copies (numbers 1-3) of the iPhonographie de Paris portfolio are available for the special price of $390. Please contact the studio if you’d like a copy; click here for more information about iPhonographie de Paris.

Workshops

• Speaking of “one left” (we were, weren’t we!), there is one spot remaining in the Monochromatic HDR Photography in the Big Sur landscape workshop,sponsored by the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA, click here for info, curriculum and registration. The workshop is Friday, September 27 – Sunday, September 29, 2013. This won’t last long!
• There are only a few spaces remaining in the Waves workshop on Saturday November 23, 2013, conducted in the classroom and field at Point Reyes National Seashore, click here for online registration.
• The Photographing Flowers for Transparency: Two Day Workshop with Harold Davis is a unique opportunity to learn my techniques for photographing and processing flowers for transparency. Alas, the workshop is full,  but a waiting list is available. If there is enough interest, we might consider opening a second session.
• Mastering Creative Photoshop: The Way of the Digital Photographer—This workshop covers developing a personal digital Photoshop workflow. Topics explained in detail include archiving and checkpoints, RAW processing, multi-RAW processing, HDR, hand-HDR, stacking, LAB color creative effects, monochromatic conversions, using backgrounds and textures, layers, layers masks, working with channels, Photoshop filters, and plugins from Nik Software, onOne Software, and Topaz—In Berkeley, CA, the weekend of January 25-26, 2014; click here for info and to register.

Church at Auvers © Harold Davis

• Achieving Your Potential As a Digital Photographer: A Multi-Modal Ongoing Six Month Workshop–This workshop provides a platform for ongoing mentoring in the context of a supportive group environment. Customized individual assignments will be given. After the initial intensive two-day in-person session, we will keep in touch with monthly private group online webinars and individual phone or email consultations. A final dinner to review work and celebrate our progress will be provided at the conclusion of the workshop. Limited to 12 photographers. A portfolio review is required—starting the weekend of March 15-16, 2014, and ongoing; click here for info and instructions on how to apply.
• Full Moon Workshop: Photograph the Golden Gate Bridge Like You Never Have Before: hands-on adventure with Harold Davis (April 15, 2014; click here for information and registration).
• Photograph Paris with Harold Davis featuring Paris at night, the gardens at Giverny, black & white, and more. April 26 – May 5, 2014; Click here for detailed information and itinerary, and click here for online registration.
• Creative Flower Photography, June 27-30, 2014, Heidelberg, Germany. I don’t have a registration link for this workshop yet, which is being sponsored by a German publisher, but if you are interested please drop me an email, and I can let you know when registration is available.
• Creative Black & White Photography and Monochromatic HDR, July 4-7, 2014, Heidelberg, Germany. I don’t have a registration link for this workshop yet, which is being sponsored by a German publisher, but if you are interested please drop me an email, and I can let you know when registration is available.
• Photograph Barcelona with Harold Davis featuring Gaudi, night photography, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, black & white, tapas, and more. October 19 -26, 2014; click here for detailed information and itinerary, and click here for online registration ($500 early-bird discount applies before January 1, 2014).

Sacré Coeur Passage © Harold Davis

What folks have said about Harold Davis workshops and events (unsolicited comments):

•  “A great artist and speaker!”—W. Anglin
•  “Harold is genuine, generous, and gracious – He has a world of knowledge and expertise that he loves to share – his wonderful books show his monumental talents and skill set- his workshops shows the depth of his connecting with others in a very real and personal way.”—P. Borrelli
• “Awesome! He patiently addressed questions from the audience which contained photographers of all levels , molding his answers to the level of understanding for each of us. His presentations covered a wonderful range of technical knowledge as well as emphasizing the need for images to have an emotional quality. The images he shares are breathtaking and he is generous in sharing many facets of how he captures such beauty.”—J. Phillips
• “Not all photographers are good verbal communicators. Harold is someone who can DO and TEACH. A rare combination of talents.”—B. Sawyer
• “Inspiring!”
• “He was very giving of his talents and time. The course was very organized and thorough. Loved it! Learned so much! … I also wanted to let you know that I have more than paid the cost of the workshops I’ve done with you by selling some photos! I have sold three prints already.”—L. Beck
• “Very creative and a marvelous instructor.”—Kay S.